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    In early January 2020, around 60 cases of a mysterious disease were reported in Wuhan, China. The genome was sequenced and Chinese authorities identified a novel coronavirus. Following this, the Chinese government declared lockdowns. Despite all measures taken, Covid-19 kept spreading from Asia to Europe. Most countries then took steps like lockdowns. Later, the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic and vaccines were developed that helped slow the spread, allowing China and most countries to return to normal.

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    In early January 2020, around 60 cases of a mysterious disease were reported in Wuhan, China. The genome was sequenced and Chinese authorities identified a novel coronavirus. Following this, the Chinese government declared lockdowns. Despite all measures taken, Covid-19 kept spreading from Asia to Europe. Most countries then took steps like lockdowns. Later, the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic and vaccines were developed that helped slow the spread, allowing China and most countries to return to normal.

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    In early January 2020, around 60 cases of a mysterious disease were reported in Wuhan, China. The genome was sequenced and Chinese authorities identified a novel coronavirus. Following this, the Chinese government declared lockdowns. Despite all measures taken, Covid-19 kept spreading from Asia to Europe. Most countries then took steps like lockdowns. Later, the WHO declared Covid-19 a pandemic and vaccines were developed that helped slow the spread, allowing China and most countries to return to normal.

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    LISTENING

    a) Listen to the first part of the Covid-19 history and fill in the missing parts.

    In early January 2020, around 60 cases of a mysterious (1) disease were reported in
    Wuhan, China. Since it was a pneumonia-like disease, doctors were not (2) suspicious of it
    when it first started to affect its victims earlier in December 2019. Then, the home truth was
    realized. The genome was (3) sequenced and Chinese authorities identified a completely
    novel corona virus. Deaths started to follow one another. Following this, the Chinese
    government (4) declared lockdowns. Therefore, the number one item on the world agenda
    was the disease. It was named Covid-19 by experts. Everyone was (5) worried about Covid-
    19. Despite (6) all the measures taken, Covid-19 kept spreading. From Asia to Europe, it was
    on move. Similarly, most countries took the same steps and declared lockdowns.

    b) Listen to the second part of the Covid-19 history and list the main events.

    1) World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic.

    2) Covid-19 vaccines started to come and slowed down the spread.

    3) China began to return to normal.

    4) Most countries managed to return to normal.

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